One-dimensional band-edge absorption in a doped quantum wire

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作者
Ihara, Toshiyuki [1 ]
Hayamizu, Yuhei
Yoshita, Masahiro
Akiyama, Hidefumi
Pfeiffer, Loren N.
West, Ken W.
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Inst Solid State Phys, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778581, Japan
[2] JST, CREST, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778581, Japan
[3] Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.126803
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Low-temperature photoluminescence-excitation spectra are studied in an n-type modulation-doped T-shaped single quantum wire with a gate to tune electron densities. With a nondegenerate one-dimensional (1D) electron gas, the band-edge absorption exhibits a sharp peak structure induced by the 1D density of states. When the dense 1D electron gas is degenerate at a low temperature, we observe a Fermi-edge absorption onset without many-body modifications.
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